Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In one hand he carried a canvas satchel , some maps and a flashlight , which he added to the pile before eyeing her find . |
| 2 | Apart from a few independents and a handful of dissidents the only candidates among whom the elector can choose will be those that the parties have seen fit to put before him . |
| 3 | As soon as the removal van is spotted by a neighbourhood group member , the new family is welcomed into the area with a few pastries and an offer of practical help . |
| 4 | There are some signs that the market is itself seeking to bridge this gap between ownership and control . |
| 5 | There are some signs that the three patterns are becoming less distinct . |
| 6 | As I write to you there are some signs that the economies of the United States and the United Kingdom have started to emerge from recession . |
| 7 | While his friends were earning their few pennies for a week 's work as paper-boys and butcher 's assistants , Dave was caddying for a round at Hollinwell , the championship course near his home . |
| 8 | Now it is only a small island with a few houses and the great cathedral with its accompanying church , S. Fosca . |
| 9 | Some of these worms may also secrete anticoagulant , and small vessels , ruptured in the digestion of the mucosal plug , may continue to bleed for some minutes after the worm has moved to a fresh site . |
| 10 | It was some minutes before the hubbub died down . |
| 11 | I will deal with three central issues : the desire for an English national tradition , the belief of Dr F. R. Leavis and his followers that the study of literature promotes moral sensitivity , and the claim by some post-structuralists that the privileged status accorded to ‘ great ’ literature reflects an unacceptable ideology . |
| 12 | On another occasion , Gordon was outraged when a Supreme Court judge released some prisoners because the magistrate had incorrectly described ‘ theft of cattle ’ as ‘ cattle stealing ’ on the charge sheet . |
| 13 | And rules prohibiting the commercial use of some products that the plant was designed to produce have not been rescinded . |
| 14 | Such has been the economic leverage of some groups that the role of government has become increasingly one of arbiter between the demands of groups rather than one of policy leader . |
| 15 | I remember the days of the old motorbike test , when you just rode around the block a few times while the examiner walked to various points and watched you . |
| 16 | She took the lift up to the sixth floor and came to the room one O nine , which was her room , as she entered she noticed cobwebs and dampness on the walls , she flung her bed , bags on the bed and went downstairs to supper , after her supper she went to report , she went to the reception desk to report the cobwebs and dampness , she rang the bell a few times but no one answered , she was just about to go back to her room when she heard Mr Sandy the receptionist in the back room talking to her assistant , I put the body in Miss Hall 's wardrobe , Jane ran upstairs and sure enough there was a body , Jane rang the police then straight away , please could you come to the Riverside Hotel , there 's something I think you should see , there was a knock at the door and Mr Sandy answered it , hello , oh hello we 've just had phone call from here , are you sure this is the right hotel ? |
| 17 | it 's been uppermost in my mind a few times but the I daresay I would n't go to prison the first time . |
| 18 | It was one of the few times that the pulp glossy pop press produced journalism worth reading . |
| 19 | he assaulted me a f few times and the last time he did it I involved the police and he was in court last Thursday and he was found guilty of assault . |
| 20 | We are concerned if we perform badly or dangerously at some times and the effects of poor performance will also be of interest to managers and the general public . |
| 21 | And there are very few marginals that the Conservatives retained with a majority smaller than the drop in the number of people registered — only four , in fact : Coventry South West , Kensington , Edmonton , and Eltham . |
| 22 | In the water I found only a few coins because the beach dropped off quite steeply into the water , making it difficult to detect . |
| 23 | The knights engaged in close combat but the jousting was cancelled after the first few contests as the horses were unsure of their footing in the mud and consequently the inept efforts of the knights produced only laughter from the spectators . |
| 24 | Perhaps she , also , was leaving a few secrets and a few memories behind . |
| 25 | We 've just heard in the last few minutes that the application for that hotel to be listed has been turned down . |
| 26 | A second limitation is that the duration of the effect with standard doses is confined to only a few minutes before the drug diffuses around the circle of Willis and into the opposite hemisphere . |
| 27 | It was a matter of only a few minutes before the rebels reached the President 's quarters , and stopped to await General Bobo , who had made clear his intention to take over personally . |
| 28 | As it was only a few minutes before the shop closed , he forbore to detail the checkout girl with his usual badinage about the finer points of philosophy or astrophysics . |
| 29 | It was very simple , efficient , and reliable in operation , with the minor disadvantage that the vaporizer required preheating for a few minutes before the engine could be started ; when running , it retained sufficient heat to ignite the injected fuel . |
| 30 | Despite being normally mesmerised by the subject of the early Renaissance artists , on this occasion I was grateful to see the professor stacking up his papers a few minutes before the lecture was scheduled to end . |